GM Recalls 200,000 Buicks for Headlamps

DETROIT August 12, 2004; Reuters reported that General
Motors Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its Buick cars to
equip them with new low beam headlamp bulbs, U.S. federal
safety regulators said on Thursday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the
recall -- of 199,793 Buick Century and Regal sedans from the
1999 model year -- was necessary because reduced illumination
from their headlights could prevent drivers from reading
overhead road signs when driving at night.

GM has been hit with more recalls this year than in all of
2003. Standard & Poor's auto analyst Scott Sprinzen cited the
disproportionately high number of recalls in a conference call
on Wednesday, saying it was one of the factors weighing on
profits at the world's largest automaker.